Rough Trade In Party Mode
Rough Trade is a band that only needs one invitation to have some fun and it comes in shed loads. Two sets over three hours and heavens knows just how many tracks were played but as the night rocked on they just got better and better which included the great “Hocus Pocus” track from Dutch band Focus.
There was a Status Quo Medley, I think a first-time ever “Don’t Stop” from Fleetwood Mac, “Gimme Some Lovin’” from Spencer Davis, the all-time classic “Johnny B. Goode”, “Dr Dr”, maybe another first-timer with “My Sharona”, the 1979 debut single by The Knack, “Smoke On The Water”, “Ace Of Spades”, “Paranoid”, “Summer of ‘69″ from Canadian Bryan Adams, The Cult’s “Lil’ Devil” plus a rare outing for a Queen track “Tie Your Mother Down”.
Of course that’s only a smattering of their huge selection as they played way past midnight and as the night came towards the end we ended up with several encores including “Whiskey In The Jar”, an excellent “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”, a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid and they finished the night with a 1980 hit from Judas Priest, “Breaking The Law”.
Rough Trade aren’t booked to appear again this year, yet, however I have this funny feeling we shall be seeing them sooner rather than later.